Author: Ryan Mauro
A MOA video released in 2010 showed a map of states where it had “Islamic villages” at that time. Massachusetts was listed. Fuqra is believed to be responsible for an attack on the Islamic Center of Quincy on March 30, 1990.[i] A website apparently affiliated with MOA that has proven accurate in the past listed a “MOA Da’wah Center” in Springfield.[ii] MOA General Counsel in Springfield 2567000_ma_springfieldMOA General Counsel Tahirah Amatul-Wadud works out of Springfield. She posted an article by Sheikh Gilani on her Facebook account that preached that the Islamic State terrorist group (also known as ISIS or ISIL)…
A MOA video released in 2010 showed a map of states where it had “Islamic villages” at that time. Maryland appears to be listed, though the low quality of the image makes it difficult to say with certainty. Fuqra/MOA is believed to be responsible for an incendiary bombing in Baltimore that caused no casualties on June 26, 1985.[1] MOA-affiliated sources say that the group had a “jamaat,” or community of believers, in Baltimore for decades. Hyattsville and Marydel have also been identified as locations of MOA compounds. Hyattsville Camp A 2004 report funded by the Justice Department identified Hyattsville as…
A MOA video released in 2010 showed a map of states where it had “Islamic villages” at that time. Louisiana was listed. New Orleans Camp A former member of Fuqra told the Clarion Project’s Ryan Mauro about secretly moving to New Orleans from Michigan in the 1980s. She said they were in “incognito” status, which is how Fuqra referred to members ordered to perform a mission with the tightest security measures. She described living in a two-room shack behind someone’s house and having puritanical Sharia Law brutally enforced on children. The source said polygamy and physical abuse was rampant and…
Fuqra/MOA is believed to be responsible for the kidnapping and disappearance of a Hindu physician named Srinivasu Dasari in Overland Park, KS on August 1, 1984. [i] MOA-affiliated sources confirm that a compound existed in the 80s. A 1988 FBI report says that the group had a “jamaat,” or community of members, in Kansas City. [i] Al-Fuqra: Holy Warriors of Terrorism.” (1993). Anti-Defamation League: http://archive.adl.org/extremism/moa/al-fuqra.pdf
A MOA video released in 2010 showed a map of states where it had “Islamic villages” at that time. Illinois was listed. Fuqra/MOA is believed to be responsible for an attack on the Vat Thothikalam Laotian Temple in Rockford on July 5, 1985 and an attack on a Laotian Temple in Rockford on December 1, 1985.[i] MOA collaborated with the El-Rukin gang in Chicago, which was supported by the Libyan government of Muammar Gaddafi. The Libyan regime also supported Jamaat al-Muslimeen, another group with MOA ties in Trinidad. Lawrence Martines, the former chief of the Nevada department of homeland security,…
Madinah Village (Commerce) and Aliville (Odum) Fuqra/MOA is believed to be responsible for shooting a doctor to death in front of Humana Hospital on September 17, 1988.[1] A December 2010 FBI counter-terrorism report said that “the Muslims of the Americas terrorist organization” has at least one “jamaat” (private commune) in Georgia. The documents confirmed that MOA is an alternative name for Jamaat ul-Fuqra and described the group as “armed and dangerous,” urging personnel to “use extreme caution when dealing with confirmed members or individuals who are believed to be associated with this group.” Regarding MOA’s jamaats, the FBI reports said,…
A MOA video released in 2010 showed a map of states where it had “Islamic villages” at that time. Florida was listed. A website apparently affiliated with Fuqra/MOA listed a “Muslims of the Americas Da’wah Center” at 3013 Kevin Street, Tallahassee, FL.[1] A 1988 FBI report identifies Jacksonville as the location of a “jamaat,” or community, belonging to Fuqra/MOA. One of the items seized by law enforcement during the 1992 raids on MOA sites in Colorado and Pennsylvania is a letter between a mother and her 15-year old son from 1989. The letter mentions living in Tallahassee before moving to…
A website apparently affiliated with Fuqra listed a “Muslims of the Americas Da’wah Center” at 301 West Division Street, Dover, DE.[1] A 2001 Colorado Department of Corrections report states that Fuqra/MOA had at least one cell in Delaware at the time.[2] A MOA front in the state was linked to a counterfeiting ring in 2007. A MOA-owned business was also investigated in 2004 for transporting drugs to and from Red House, Virginia with Mexican cocaine traffickers. A MOA document that appears to be from the early 1990s states that an official known as Nazim M. Abdur-Rasheed lived in Delaware and…
A MOA video released in 2010 showed a map of states where it had “Islamic villages” at that time. Connecticut was listed. Fuqra/MOA leader Sheikh Gilani said that one of his Quranic Open Universities had an office in Connecticut in a secret recruitment tape distributed in the early 1990s. Gilani told viewers to contact his offices to sign up for guerrilla warfare training and to join a newly formed international militant force named “Soldiers of Allah” dedicated to waging jihad against oppressors of Muslims.[1] [1] For more information on the “Soldiers of Allah” tape, read the section of this website…
Fuqra/MOA firebombed a Hare Krishna temple in Denver on August 1, 1984.[1] There was suspicion that Fuqra/MOA was involved in a fire that was sparked at a Leetsdale power station on February 1, 1985.[2] The FBI determined that small Fuqra “communities,” or “jamaats,” were in Englewood and Colorado Spring by 1988.[3] A storage locker used by Fuqra/MOA members was raided in 1989 by the Colorado Springs Police Department, leading to the discovery of weapons and plans for terrorist attacks. A 101-acre MOA terrorist training camp in Buena Vista, along with two MOA safehouses in Colorado Springs and two in Williamsport,…